Bug 494950

Summary:	Flatpak apps don't get their own entry in the applications notifications settings
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	kde
Component:	Notifications	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Demonstration of the bug after triggering a notification from the Plexamp flatpak

Description kde 2024-10-17 18:50:51 UTC

SUMMARY
Flatpak apps don't get their own entry in the applications notifications settings.
Instead - notifications are sent from Plasma Workspace and thus always have sounds and cannot be configured otherwise.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Download a flatpak application
2.  Launch the application and trigger a notification from that app

OBSERVED RESULT
When pressing the configure button on the notification, it appears that the notification is sent from Plasma Workspace and not from the app itself. Furthermore, an entry for the application in the applications notifications settings is not being created.

EXPECTED RESULT
Notifications are sent from the flatpak app itself and an entry is created in the applications notifications settings so we can configure it as we wish.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version:  5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version:  5.103.0
Qt Version:  5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This doesn't happen in GNOME. In GNOME each flatpak app gets its own notification entry as expected.

Comment 1 kde 2024-10-17 18:56:47 UTC

Created attachment 174957 [details]
Demonstration of the bug after triggering a notification from the Plexamp flatpak

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-11-13 02:17:00 UTC

IIRC apps that can send notifications need to be given access to the notification server in the Flatpak manifest.

Comment 3 TraceyC 2024-11-18 23:29:42 UTC

Tested the assertions:
1. When pressing the configure button on the notification, it appears that the notification is sent from Plasma Workspace and not from the app itself. 
2. An entry for the application in the applications notifications settings is not being created.

I am not able to reproduce this on git-master.

Tested with the Tidal flatpak on git-master, which allows a notification on every song change
The notification has the title "Tidal Hi-Fi" (not Plasma Workspace)
Clicking on the settings brings up "Application Settings" and I see the entry for Tidal with its icon and title
Same for Spotify

Neither app show the ability to edit sound events. Where this section is for other apps in that window you'll see 
"This application does not support configuring notifications on a per-event basis"

What flatpak application have you installed that shows the behavior described?

Comment 4 kde 2024-11-19 06:23:15 UTC

Hi, thanks for the comments.
I've moved to Fedora with KDE Plasma 6.2.3 since opening this bug report and it works perfectly fine there.
So unless another user encounters it, this can be considered as resolved.